Paul Andreas von Rennenkampff



Paul Andreas Edler von Rennenkampff (Па́вел Я́ковлевич Ренненка́мпф, tr. Pável Yákovlevich Rennenkámpf; 9 March 1790 – 8 December 1857 or 26 December 1857) was a Baltic German nobleman, military commander and Statesman in the service of the Imperial Russian Army. Rennenkampff was noted for his distinguished roles during the Suppression of the South Ossetians in 1830 and the Crimean War, especially during the Siege of Sevastopol.

Origin
Paul Andreas Edler von Rennenkampff was born on 9 March 1790 in the Helme Manor (Schloss Helmet) at Helmet in the Governorate of Livonia (present-day Helme, Estonia), to Jakob Johann von Rennenkampff and Elizabeth Dorothea von Anrep. The Rennenkampffs was of Westphalian origin and was originated in Osnabrück. He was the great-uncle of the famed World War I general Paul von Rennenkampf.

Family
As part of a wealthy noble family, Rennenkampff had a lot of siblings, including his older brothers Karl Jakob Alexander von Rennenkampff (1783-1854), a writer, captain and chamberlain in Holstein-Oldenburg, and Gustav Reinhold Georg (1784-1869), an army officer in Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, politician and economist. In 1832, Rennenkampff married Anna Maria Vegesack family (1808-1881), they had one child, Johann Paul Alexander von Rennenkampff (1836-1838). Although some sources claimed that Rennenkampff had another child named Nikolaus Jakob Otto von Rennenkampff, but that was never confirmed. But either way, even if both children existed, neither of them survived through childhood.

Domestic

 * Order_of_Saint_Anna_ribbon_bar.svg Order of St. Anna, 4th class (1813)
 * RUS Order of Saint George 4th class ribbon 2000.svg Golden sword with the inscription "For Bravery"
 * Order_of_Saint_Anna_ribbon_bar.svg Order of St. Anna, 1st class with imperial crown (1.1.1831, imperial crown on (14.10.1831)
 * RUS Order of Saint George 4th class ribbon 2000.svg Order of St. George, 4th class "For 25 years of service" (1831)
 * Order_of_Saint_Vladimir,_ribbon_bar.svg Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class (14.3.1842)
 * RUS_Order_White_Eagle_BAR.png Order of the White Eagle with swords (1855)

Foreign

 * Kingdom of Prussia:
 * D-PRU Pour le Merite 1 BAR.svg Pour le Mérite (1814)
 * PRU Roter Adlerorden BAR.svg Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with a star (1835)
 * French Third Republic:
 * Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg Legion of Honour, Knight class (1814)
 * Qajar dynasty:
 * Order_of_the_Lion_and_the_Sun_(Iran)._Medal.gif Order of the Lion and the Sun, 1st class (1828)
 * Austrian Empire:
 * Ord.CoronaFerrea - GC.png Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class (1835)
 * 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark:
 * DNK Order of Danebrog Grand Cross BAR.png Order of Dannebrog, Grand Commander class (1836)